COA: Right-to-work law applies to state civil service workers

In a 2-1 decision, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that right-to-work legislation enacted last year applies to state civil service employees.
PA 349 provides that the state cannot require government employees to join a union or pay union dues, fees, or other expenses “as a condition of obtaining or continuing public employment.”
The ruling affirms ...

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Very happy to hear that news this morning on the local Houston, TX station. I was so happy to hear the state workers will have to abide by Appeals court decision. We asked John Engler years ago when we ran into him at parties to attempt this issue, and he didn’t, so we ended up moving out of state to continue working….and with a much better attitude of workforce. That decision a long time ago might’ve helped save the state!
Good job Rick Snyder!!!
Mary Jo and Jim Anderson

Unions were needed 50 years ago, but never had a place in Government. This is the best law passed in almost the same 50 years. A great Service has been passed and up-held in Michigan. Just look and what bad Government and Unions have done for Detroit.

We were appalled several years back when SEIC was allowed to take union does out of the Money that was provided to us to take care of our Son. We did not join the union and had not intention of doing so. The right to work is just that. The right to be employed and not have to be a member of an organization that takes your hard earned money, Spend it as they feel like and give you no say in it. It took a long time to for someone to finally see the Light.
Great Job Gov S.

It is a sad day when collective bargaining and the protections it offers workers is seen as detrimental to the individual’s right to work. As it stands at Michigan is at this time, Governor Snyder has made it easier for Motorcyclists to kill themselves easily by not using helmets, and workers are able to live below the the poverty line by working two or three minimum wage jobs.

Glad to see a good plan come together. Now, we must tackle the topic of police/fire pensions and the trouble with fixing/locking/taxing of those systems. To be fair, lets examine why it is that many feel that police/fire get “to good of a retirement”. The general public needs to see that person who risks his/her life for 30 years has their pension and that pension alone to survive on for the rest of their days because THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL.SECURITY. You read that correctly – while most other state/municipal employees collect their pension AND social security, the police/fire are NOT ALLOWED. So IiI suppose my message here is that dumping the unions is a great idea, i feel it is almost criminal to reduce fhe pensions of those who risk their lives a career long and have no other financial means like others do. If a person drives a ow truck for 30 years, they get their pension and social security on top of it. If that same person runs into burning buldings or chases down armed bad guys for a careersociety, he gets his pension only – and now is watching as many are attempting to take that away or shrink it considerably. Well, this will certainly teach people not to become policemen or firemen wont it? Maybe we can start hiring just the bottom of the barrel into pice jobs like they did in the 70′s…and we already know how well that worked out for society.

The people of MICHIGAN voted on the proposal in the last election. The people are smarter than the unions thought. A constitutional amendment to the state constitution was a bridge to far. I do not believe our governor signed the right to work legislation with much vigor or conviction, none the less, the majority of the people are satisfied with the results!!!
The COA ruling, another sign of the MICHIGAN turnaround without the stranglehold of a group that has outlived it’s usefulness for the workers and management.